Mickey Brantford
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Department: Acting
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My Old Dutch
Overview: Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-01
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The Last Journey
Overview: Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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Carry On!
Overview: 'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-02
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Sacrifice
Overview: 'Lady persuades her son to divorce his actress wife by implying their baby is illegitimate.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-26
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Dawn
Overview: A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-01
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The Phantom Light
Overview: Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him. Jim Pearce deliberately maroons himself on the rock along with Alice Bright. When the light is later smashed, Jim reveals that his brother’s ship is the wreckers’ latest target, while Alice is a detective sent to investigate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-05
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The Great Office Mystery
Overview: Fifth release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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The Mystery of the Silent Death
Overview: Sixth release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Overview: Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-13
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The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake: The Mystery of the S.S. Olympic
Overview: A detective saves the kidnapped daughter of an inventor murdered for his formula.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-01
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Blake the Lawbreaker
Overview: A private detective and his young assistant solve crimes.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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Sexton Blake, Gambler
Overview: Third release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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Silken Threads
Overview: Fourth release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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The Clue of the Second Goblet
Overview: A private detective and his young assistant solve crimes.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-01
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Mare Nostrum
Overview: The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-15
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Me and Marlborough
Overview: A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-22
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The Triumph of the Rat
Overview: Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as the kept man of Zelie de Chaumet. But when she learns he is planning to marry another woman, her vengeance pursues him into the murkiest depths of Paris...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-21
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Not For Sale
Overview: An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-30
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Suspense
Overview: During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-04
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A Yell of a Night
Overview: A British film directed by Gustav A. Mindzenti
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-28
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The New Hotel
Overview: A British musical film directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-31
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The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Overview: In Belgium during the first World War , the Uhlans order the burgomaster to be shot by his son-in-law.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-20
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Where There's a Will
Overview: Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-10
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Twice Branded
Overview: A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-11
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Tesha
Overview: The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-27
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Star Impersonations
Overview: 'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes from recent films; the audience is invited to compete for a prize of £100 for naming the best impersonation.' (BFI)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-01
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A Gamble with Hearts
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-01
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Darby and Joan
Overview: Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-01
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The Game of Life
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Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-01
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The Rolling Road
Overview: A marooned sailor and his stowaway sister-in-law are rescued by her husband.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-17
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